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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Masami Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract

A standard potential used for reading is set flexibly according to the state of a storage device. A data memory cell group stores data. A reference memory cell group stores a plurality of reference potentials. A standard potential generating section selects a prescribed number of reference potentials from among the plurality of reference potentials stored in the reference memory cell group and generates the standard potential. A reference potential selection control section controls the selection by the standard potential generating section according to prescribed conditions. A sense amplifier amplifies data read out from the data memory cell group, by using the standard potential as a standard.


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